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6th grade unit on magnets: The layer of air surrounding our Earth
contains important gases which keep the atmosphere at just the right temperature
for life and which filter out harmful forms of radiation from the sun. We say that
these gases "trap" heat in the Earth's atmosphere and call this planetary warming
mechanism the "greenhouse effect." From the Solar School

Alternative Energy Online Lesson: The Virtual PV Power Station is unlike
any other power station in Australia. Firstly, it consists of different PV systems
across the country, all linked to you by the World Wide Web. Secondly, this power
station doesn't produce any of the gases that cause global warming. And thirdly,
you can access the PV systems to see exactly how they are performing. From
the Solar School

Fossil Energy Lessons: an Australian site containing a thesaurus,
dictionary, encyclopedia, and a database of over 30,000 kid safe sites that are
arranged by topic.

Geothermal Energy is energy from heat inside the Earth : is a
partnership -- a joint effort of Government and private organizations -- led by
the U.S. Department of Energy. The partnership's goals are to reduce energy
consumption and costs and increase use of clean energy technologies in K-12
schools nationwide and to increase student, teacher, and community awareness of
energy and related issues including financial management, air quality, climate
change, and new technologies.

How People Create and Use Energy: a statewide research institute, which
dedicates substantial effort to the development of educational resources for
teachers and children.

Hydro electric: Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) "...dedicates
substantial effort to the development of educational resources for the teachers of
our children. We do this out of the simple belief that clean and efficient energy
resources are key to our future generations' ability to achieve a safe and
sustainable environment." / (added 09/2005)

National Energy Education Development Project (NEED): Children can get
an idea about how a refinery operates and about the tools Chevron uses in the
search for oil and natural gas; learn about the history and properties of crude
oil; and find out what a Chevron service station is all about.

National Energy Foundation-Resources for Education: click on EE
Education, and scroll down. “What’s a Watt?” is listed as an activity for middle
school level, but is good for even older students who are unfamiliar with the
concept that different appliances use different amounts of electricity. Teaches by
requiring investigation at home. / (added 09/2005)

Nature of Water Power Curriculum: Investigate the cycles of the Sun with
250 years of data! Learn to recognize common features and match x-ray images of
the sun with visible light images from the same day.

Nature of Water Power The: Investigate the shape of the Earth's orbit
based on the apparent changing size of the Sun. Is the orbit elliptical? Is it
circular?

Planet Earth Solar: provides a list of teaching material
about energy, transportation, and the environment.

Planet Earth Wind Energy: is part of the U.S. Department of
Energy. This site provides lots of nuclear energy information. / (added 09/2005)

Solar Enegy for older kids: a video about nuclear energy that you can
download ("Splitting Atoms -- An Electrifying Experience"). / (added 09/2005)

Solar Energy for younger kids: In this lesson from Science NetLinks,
students will use Internet resources to investigate renewable sources of energy.
The students should already have a basic understanding of energy, and know several
examples of renewable and nonrenewable sources.

Solar Power is energy from the Sun : is a service of the U.S. Department
of Energy's Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Network (EREN). Provides a fun
way to learn about solar energy and energy efficiency.

Teachers: FREE Hands-on, Multidisciplinary Lesson Plans:
new link -- Study the rotation rate of the Sun and the
planets. This lesson includes several hands-on activities to familiarize yourself
with the concept of rotation. You will then use movies made with actual solar
images to study the rotation rate of the Sun.

The Energy Chest: an RE educational website. All of us here at
SolarKnowledge.com are dedicated to getting the word out about solar.

The Energy Planet Think Quest: has an award-winning, site
for anyone who wants to understand electricity and power utilities better. It's
for kids, teachers, parents – and anyone who ever wondered how the juice gets to
the plug . It's also for folks looking to learn more about current issues like
utility deregulation.

The Energy Planet-Hydroelectric power : slide and movie presentations,
lesson plans, work sheets - from the Abess Center for Environmental Studies at
Miami Country Day School. Introduction to solar cookers, student webcasts and
international projects: see what the students are doing, see how they teach, and
see how they affect others abroad.

The Nature of Water Power Curriculum: elementary and middle school.
"Teachers around the nation told us that they would like free, hands-on,
multidisciplinary lesson plans in the hot area of energy...You can view complete
lesson plans on-line. You can then download the plan as a PDF file and print it
out." - Alliance to Save Energy.

The Story Of Powering A Generation: provides an information-rich,
action-based journey that provides valuable information, tests knowledge, enables
access to outstanding teaching and learning resources, and encourages everyone to
take action in terms of energy conservation.

Tidal: new link -- a treasure-trove of
information and activities to support energy studies in UK schools. Energy Chest
has been developed for pupils aged 8-14 years / (added 09/2005)

Wave Energy: Have you ever seen a satellite passing overhead at night?
Did you wonder how high up it was? In this lesson you will obtain the period of
the Yohkoh satellite from an image of its orbital path, which is updated
regularly. With this information you will calculate the height of the satellite
above the Earth's surface / (added 09/2005)

Wind power - Energy from the air : Learn image-processing skills that
will help you measure the size of solar sunspots. You will be able to use these
skills to measure features on any electronic image. Graphics processing software
is needed. Download links are provided in the lesson.